The doctor warned about the main danger of getting the flu

The flu is most dangerous due to the risk of complications, and vaccination can protect against the virus. On September 4, Anna Kosenkova, the chief physician of GPUZ GP No. 220, told Izvestia about this.

"The flu virus, it is most dangerous for the development of complications, especially in people with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, and diseases of the circulatory system," the doctor said.

In addition, according to the doctor, the risk group includes children, pregnant women and the elderly. She noted that vaccination is most likely to protect against the flu. Kosenkova recalled that vaccination in Moscow can be carried out in a polyclinic, and mobile vaccination points will soon be opened near the metro, the MDC and the MCC.

"I'm practically not sick, and it seems to me that this is partly due to my annual vaccination. <...> After that, I always feel good," said Milena Sviridova, a patient at the polyclinic.

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On September 2, Sergey Voznesensky, an infectious disease specialist and associate professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases at RUDN University, said that several weeks should pass from the moment of vaccination in order for the body to develop immunity to the flu. The infectious disease specialist explained that a global influenza surveillance system operates under the auspices of the World Health Organization, with laboratories working within its framework to study the virus itself.